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Pronunciation / Transliteration: tok-ka-to
"Hai proprio ragione, toccato!"
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2 senses- 1
Used as an acknowledgment of a clever or valid point made by someone during a discussion or argument.
"You said my project was overdue because I procrastinated, and touché, you were entirely right." - 2
An admission of a hit or successfully scored point, historically in fencing.
"The foil grazed his shoulder, and he immediately raised his hand to say touché."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived directly from the past participle of the French verb toucher, meaning to touch. Historically adopted into English from the terminology of fencing, where it is called out by a fencer to acknowledge a valid hit by their opponent, and later broadened metaphorically to concede a clever counter-argument in conversation.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Touché" is said worldwide
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touché
Transliteration: too-shay
"Tu as trouvé la faille dans mon argument, touché !"
treffend
Transliteration: tref-fuhnt
"Da hast du recht, touché!"
toccato
Transliteration: tok-ka-to
"Hai proprio ragione, toccato!"
tocado
Transliteration: to-ka-do
"Tienes razón en eso, ¡tocado!"
tocado
Transliteration: to-ka-du
"Bem observado, tocado!"
मान गए
Transliteration: maan gae
"आपकी बात सही है, मान गए।"
说得好
Transliteration: shuō de hǎo
"你这一针见血，说得好！"
Ttusye
Transliteration: ttu-sye
Script: 터셰
"내 약점을 찌르다니, 터셰!"
一本
Transliteration: ippon
"見事な反論だね、参った。"
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